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on: August 31, 2010, 10:29:18 PM
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Interesting material. I will be adding a trolley page here soon.
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on: August 25, 2010, 11:44:42 AM
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These may add some history:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9400E5DF113AE633A2575AC0A9609C946396D6CF http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9500E1DA1430E233A25753C2A9659C946196D6CF http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Trolleys-Queens-Island-Images/dp/0738545260 Trolley Car to Baldwin In 1903, an electric trolley line from Brooklyn extended its service through Baldwin along Atlantic Avenue. The cars were open-sided in warm weather and closed in the winter. It continue into Freeport and then turned north to its terminus in Mineola. "If you wanted anything from a department store, you took the trolley to Brooklyn and transferred and traveled to Manhattan. It was a single-track line, but at certain intervals there was a double track so the trolleys could pass each other. I remember walking about a mile from my house to the trolley. It cost a nickel to go to Oceanside to visit my grandma and twenty cents to travel to Brooklyn. Earlier when I was a small child, there was a row of stables and hitching posts where horse-drawn carriages could park. Only the wealthy had carriages, and we rarely saw a car, but my dad did have a bike." THE CROSS-ISLAND TROLLEY LINE, 1909-1919 Late summer 2009 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the trolley era in the Farmingdale area. A grand parade and an all-day celebration heralded the start of trolley service on the Cross-Island Line on August 25, 1909, with a sandlot baseball game, a vaudeville show and a community ball. The first two decades of the twentieth century were the heyday for electric powered trolleys, or street cars, in this country. Ownership of private cars was not widespread until the 1920s, so trolleys filled a vital need. It has been said that one could travel from the East Coast as far west as Milwaukee by interurban trolleys in the World War I era, provided one had the time and patience to change lines repeatedly. Although it operated for just over ten years, 1909-1919, the story of the Cross-Island Trolley Line forms a colorful chapter in Farmingdale's history. The line ran north to Halesite and south to Amityville, with a major transfer point at the Farmingdale LIRR station. A two-story tower was added to the west end of the 1896 structure in 1909 to house electrical equipment needed to power the trolleys. Ceramic insulators are still visible on the north side of the tower. The Cross-Island Trolley connected three stations and lines of the Long Island Rail Road: Huntington on the Port Jefferson line, Farmingdale on the Main Line, and Amityville on the Babylon-Montauk Line. The trolley line in Farmingdale came south from Halesite on Broad Hollow Road (now Route 110), and swung west on Conklin Street into the Village of Farmingdale. On Conklin Street, just east of where the telephone building now stands, the track turned north into a dead-end spur which served the railroad station at Depot Avenue. Trolleys then continued back to Conklin, turning south on Main Street, and leaving the village at a crossing of the LIRR Central Branch on their way to Amityville. One of the dozen or so passing sidings on the single track line was located at Staples and Main Streets in South Farmingdale. The eighteen and one-half mile line was divided into six zones, each with a nickel fare, so one could ride the whole route for thirty cents. The scheduled running time between the end points was 76 minutes. The aging of the line's equipment, the difficulty in maintaining the right-of way, the loss of a U.S. Mail contact, and the increasingly successful encroachment of unlicensed jitney operators all took their toll on the Cross-Island Line. On September 23, 1919 after the schedule for the day was completed, the line was shut down. So ended Farmingdale's trolley era. In their time, the trolleys helped area residents to shop, go to work, attend religious services, and even to attend the new Farmingdale High School, which opened with a ninth grade in September 1913. Although some complained about its service for a variety of reasons, the Cross-Island Line filled a needed role in its time. |
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on: August 16, 2010, 03:29:16 PM
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| Started by RobC - Last post by John | ||
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Probably because of strict DWI laws. Though they save lives it must be a killer to the clubs.
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Related Discussions / Long Island Nostalgia / Re: Does anyone rember a old military post on the North shore+-
on: August 16, 2010, 03:27:38 PM
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There are ruins of a small military outpost in Mattituck. It was used to launch targets that would be fired upon by Naval vessels.
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Related Discussions / Long Island Nostalgia / Does anyone rember a old military post on the North shore+-
on: August 16, 2010, 02:21:30 PM
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| Started by ffwolfe - Last post by ffwolfe | ||
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It was located on sound shore road on the North side of the island. in the area of riverhead and matticuck
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on: August 10, 2010, 02:11:18 PM
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| Started by RobC - Last post by patruns | ||
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Tabard Ale House - Wantagh
Solomon Grundy's - Rockville Center OBI West - Island Park OBI South - Oak Beach OBI East - Hampton Bays OBI North - Smithtown Speaks - Island Park Sutter's Mill - Hempstead Zoli's - Hempstead Right Track Inn - Freeport The Camelot Inn - Mineola Marvin Gardens - Uniondale The Salty Dog - Uniondale Jocelyn's - Massapequa Chico's - Uniondale Whiskey Reds - West Hempstead The Clubhouse - Port Washington The Buckboard Inn - Baldwin The Back Barn - Wantagh The Wine Gallery - Massapequa Don't know why but all of a sudden started thinking of closed clubs/bars...... |
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on: March 28, 2010, 05:31:32 PM
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| Started by RobC - Last post by RobC | ||
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One night while in an unusually nostalgic mood I put together this list of places, separated by town/location, that I remember and/or frequented as a child and young adult, that are now gone.
Lake Grove ---------- Rickels ( My second job) Rana's Italian Restaurant Mini-Golf course Strathmore Bagels Dime Savings Bank Crazy Eddie's Big Barry's TSS Harrow's Cheap John's Coco's Smithhaven Mall --------------- Michael's trading post glass elevator jack lalane barricini family melody sam goody jean country mcrory's Import Alley Electric organ shop A&S Espresso Pizza Orange Julius Beefsteak Charlie's Huffman Cohen vision Craft shop Friendly's Danskin European American Bank THe Head Shop Time Out Herman's Sporting Goods Kaybee Toys Fluff n Stuff Buster Brown Hodor Dinettes Seaman's bank Smithtown --------- Grand Union Pergament The Villager Child World Friendly's Chateau Rose Tri COunty Flea Market/ Island Recreational Blue Bird Pizza Hut David Brown Hardware (My first job) St James -------- Suffolk Stores Yeow Yee Studio 25 roller rink Nesconset --------- Bob and Mac's TNP Pizza General Store Flower Time Gas stations on corner of 347/smithtown blvd Nu Dawn Deli (library shopping center) Tomino's video store Home Video by Bob and Mac's old Handy Pantry Gobes Insurance Sunrise Hwy ----------- Flower Time 112 Home Depot Sears Mt Sinai -------- Big Barry's Rocky Point driving range Ronkonkoma ---------- Pizza Hut Cheap John's Caldor's Patchogue --------- Caldor's Spartan Electronics |
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on: November 16, 2009, 08:35:41 PM
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| Started by Jason(topbladenyc) - Last post by Quarter Pole | ||
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I'm very interested in LI history in Hempstead and surrounding area but this place seems to have gone to sleep. Sad to see.
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on: July 21, 2009, 05:58:45 PM
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| Started by Jason(topbladenyc) - Last post by Jason(topbladenyc) | ||
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what happened to everybody. There hasnt been a post here in months.
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on: March 25, 2009, 11:27:34 PM
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| Started by John - Last post by Kevin | ||
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I hope that everyone can make it down. It will be a great day.
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